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Monday, September 26, 2016

Applesauce Pancakes for One

Once the jar of applesauce is open, what are you going to
do? Why, pancakes, of course!

½ cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons granulated sugar

½ teaspoon baking powder

Several sprinkles of ground cinnamon

A sprinkle or two of ground nutmeg

Pinch of salt

½ cup non-dairy milk (I like almond, but any will do)

¼ cup unsweetened applesauce

Slosh of vanilla extract

Non-dairy butter or coconut oil for frying

In a small bowl (I like to use a cereal bowl), combine the
flour, sugar, baking powder, spices, and salt.

Add in the milk, applesauce, and the vanilla, and stir until
just barely combined.

Put about 1 TBLSP of butter or oil into the skillet over
medium-high heat. Plop the batter into the butter once it’s sizzling at about ¼
cup per pancake. You should get four of ‘em. When there are bubbles all over
the surface of the pancakes, flip ‘em, frying until they’re golden brown.

Serve with sliced apples, bananas, or other fruit, and top
with maple syrup, jam, or applesauce!

Variations:

Put slices of apple underneath the pancake batter in the pan
to get an artistic effect.

Make a buttermilk version by combining the non-dairy milk
with a slosh of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and letting it sit for a few
minutes to curdle. Then proceed as above.

I was running low on cinnamon, so I used cardamom. OMG. Try
allspice or cloves, too.

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About Me

I've been a vegetarian in some form or other since I was a teenager. I never liked meat (especially red meat), and I won the battle with my mother when I was 17. Now, back then, you have to realize, it was hard to get tofu or other non-animal proteins in a regular grocery store, so although my general health improved (I stopped getting colds and flus, and I gained enough weight to stop looking like a holocaust survivor), I started having digestive problems.

Western doctors knew even less about nutrition than they know now, Mine suggested that I eat chicken or fish about twice a month to keep my body's own enzymes and acids to a decent level, and then stress wouldn't send me into such a miserable zoo of pain. So I did it. It worked pretty well for quite a while. But in 2006, I went vegan, now that it's easy enough to get non-animal proteins.

Now I'm starting a third blog, on vegan cooking for one (or two). It started with coming home from rehearsal and wanting just one cookie. But then it got fun--what else could I make that didn't involve leftovers, or, in the case of baked goods, guilt for eating the whole batch. And I thought I'd share this collection of recipes that I've accumulated.